“Emergency Verification!!” phishing scam aims to harvest UDel computer accounts

Another day, another phishing scam landing in UD email inboxes. This one tries to get you to respond to an alleged emergency by clicking a malicious link.

This phishing scam tries to trick you into surrendering your UD credentials by

• using a scary subject line (Emergency Verification!!)
• claiming that all email accounts need to be updated “within 48 hours of receiving this e-mail”
• including a convenient “Click Here” link.

If you look more carefully, you will see that the “Click Here” link does not take you to a udel.edu address and that some of the punctuation and wording is a little bit off.

If you see this message, just delete it.

If you receive any message that claims to be an emergency notification and contains a link, be suspicious. Verify that message with the company, organization, or institution that allegedly sent you the message.